Voter ID Challenged by Obama and Holder

On Tuesday, December 13, Attorney General Eric Holder visited Austin to speak out against a wave of state voter identification laws like the new one in Texas.

Holder and liberals claim that the voter ID laws could disenfranchise minority and low-income voters. They complain that the new law will have a disproportionate impact on them and that the intent is to suppress voters who tend to support Democrats and liberals. Holder suggested that the new voter ID laws are unnecessary but was vague about what action the Justice Department plans to take against them, particularly in those states not covered by the Voting Rights Act.

But there was irony in Holder’s visit. While he blasted Texas for passing a law that requires voters to show proper identification, a photo ID was need to attend his speech. Holder was also silent when asked why labor unions and other liberal organizations were not criticized when they require photo IDs for people to vote in their conventions.

The right to vote and participate in an election is the most precious of rights in America, and it should be defended, protected, and guarded. Only qualified citizens should be allowed to vote.

However, voter fraud and intimidation were identified in the 2008 election and Holder did nothing to prosecute it. Starting with the Black Panthers who stood outside a voting poll sticks and threatened people in Pennsylvania, to the falsified absentee ballots filed in Ohio, to votes cast by phantom voters who lived at vacant lots in Houston, the election was full of questionable activities. Holder and the Justice Department have refused to investigate and prosecute voter fraud, if liberals are involved.

Even more incredible is that the NAACP has asked the United Nations to monitor the 2012 election to “prevent voter suppression of minorities and the poor”. The NAACP claims this is a “human rights issue” and is requesting U.N. “observers”. It is hard to believe that Americans would ask an organization like the U.N. Human Rights Commission that includes Cuba, China, and Sudan, to be objective observers in an American election. Are they kidding me?

According to the U.S. Constitution, the states have the right to establish voter laws as long as they don’t infringe on the rights of those eligible to vote. If a person is eligible to vote, they should register and provide proper ID when they go vote. Just as some voters are picked up and taken to vote, they should be taken to be registered and get their proper ID… before the election. What is difficult about that?

While Holder and others may accuse Texans of discriminating against minorities and the poor, they could be accused of being pro-fraud.